Pan Yayıncılık Old Ayvalık Stories

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Old ayvalık stories introduce us to another side of ayvalık. The book, which includes 22 stories and photographs, tells tales of the midilli settlers who came to ayvalık with the 1923 population exchange, and their struggle to adapt, settle, and rebuild their lives in this unfamiliar land.

The stories of displaced families, torn from their homes in places like midilli, girit, the balkans, and thessaloniki due to forced migration, who blend their pain and hope in the same pot. The unique culinary culture they brought with them from the islands, their efforts to pass it down from generation to generation, and the quiet but profound experiences of the exchange women reach us through the filter of memories preserved in the author's memory. The substitutes, who were once full of life but later fell into silence, were placed in ayvalık, filled with houses left by the rum people. they wrapped themselves in great faith and loyalty to the newly established republic and atatürk's principles. They are tested with various difficulties while trying to establish a new order in these lands. The book particularly depicts slices of life from the families of the midgets, sometimes leaving a smile on our faces, sometimes a pain in our hearts, in the form of funny and tragic stories.

Zeynep kazancıgil, who is also the third generation of a family of midgett exchange, re-examines the ayvalık stories that she listened to from her elders in her childhood and left an imprint in her mind, with the perspective of an adult. It interprets the harsh realities of exchange and the founding pains of the early years of the republic, taking these into consideration. In addition, the book warms our hearts with memories of ayvalık in the 1970s and 1990s, which coincided with the author's childhood and youth years, a place that had not yet been touched by tourism. The stories that reveal aspects of modern-day ayvalık, often overlooked by tourists, introduce us to the unique places, cultural events, and intriguing characters that are deeply rooted in the town's collective memory.

Additional info

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• Sold by
  Devinim Kitap
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• Made in Türkiye
• A maximum of 5 units of this product can be ordered. Trendyol reserves the right to cancel orders over 5 units.
• Barcode No: 9786258345520
• Origin: TR